All The City Lights
@atcl.bsky.social
Fan of music, cargo bikes, the #EastBay, and humor. Not a fan of the seemingly inexorable slide into fascism. #ShoupPilled. Follow me if you want to have far too many song-a-day #MusicChallenge posts sliding into your timeline.
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Hey "5 Cover Songs" fam: January's challenge is all about kinship. Start thinking about all those cover tunes that mention third cousins twice removed. #5CoverSongsRelation starts Jan. 27 (or 6 p.m. Eastern Jan. 26 if you're like Aunt Judy and show up early to everything.)
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Well played, Northwestern University.
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges. This leaves in place a federal judge's ruling that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment and federal procedural rules. (Via AP) apnews.com/article/dei-... #ncpol #nced
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges
The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colle...
apnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Well played, Northwestern University.
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ICE goons surrounded a school bus. A school bus! Abolish ICE and prosecute every last one of these thugs and the people who enabled them.
nine years old
January 23, 2026 at 3:54 PM
ICE goons surrounded a school bus. A school bus! Abolish ICE and prosecute every last one of these thugs and the people who enabled them.
Your occasional reminder that DOGE committed crimes and people need to be indicted for them if we ever make it out of this nightmare.
New court documents reveal even more ways DOGE improperly accessed and shared sensitive personal data last year — and how that data appears to have been used to advance dubious fraud claims. n.pr/4qDfABZ
Trump administration admits even more ways DOGE accessed sensitive personal data
New court documents reveal even more ways DOGE improperly accessed and shared sensitive personal data last year — and how that data appears to have been used to advance dubious fraud claims.
n.pr
January 23, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Your occasional reminder that DOGE committed crimes and people need to be indicted for them if we ever make it out of this nightmare.
The newly updated Music app on my iPhone has inexplicably changed 90% of my albums that previously had no artwork to @thewaroncars.bsky.social logo.
Um, iOS 26.2 welcome to The War on Cars, I guess?
Um, iOS 26.2 welcome to The War on Cars, I guess?
January 23, 2026 at 10:45 AM
The newly updated Music app on my iPhone has inexplicably changed 90% of my albums that previously had no artwork to @thewaroncars.bsky.social logo.
Um, iOS 26.2 welcome to The War on Cars, I guess?
Um, iOS 26.2 welcome to The War on Cars, I guess?
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#ArtistFave00s - Ben Folds
#MusicChallenge
Day 3 - "Silver Street" (2002)
I was well familiar with the full-band demo recorded back in 1994 with Ben Folds Five, but these days I prefer it as a solo piano ballad—and not just because I was in the audience that's cheering on this live recording!
#MusicChallenge
Day 3 - "Silver Street" (2002)
I was well familiar with the full-band demo recorded back in 1994 with Ben Folds Five, but these days I prefer it as a solo piano ballad—and not just because I was in the audience that's cheering on this live recording!
January 22, 2026 at 9:58 PM
#ArtistFave00s - Ben Folds
#MusicChallenge
Day 3 - "Silver Street" (2002)
I was well familiar with the full-band demo recorded back in 1994 with Ben Folds Five, but these days I prefer it as a solo piano ballad—and not just because I was in the audience that's cheering on this live recording!
#MusicChallenge
Day 3 - "Silver Street" (2002)
I was well familiar with the full-band demo recorded back in 1994 with Ben Folds Five, but these days I prefer it as a solo piano ballad—and not just because I was in the audience that's cheering on this live recording!
#RadioheadTop30
#MusicChallenge
9. "No Surprises" (1997)
Another strong contender for my "most beautiful Radiohead melody" non-award. Dark, despondent dissatisfaction all wrapped in a lullaby.
#MusicChallenge
9. "No Surprises" (1997)
Another strong contender for my "most beautiful Radiohead melody" non-award. Dark, despondent dissatisfaction all wrapped in a lullaby.
January 22, 2026 at 9:23 PM
#RadioheadTop30
#MusicChallenge
9. "No Surprises" (1997)
Another strong contender for my "most beautiful Radiohead melody" non-award. Dark, despondent dissatisfaction all wrapped in a lullaby.
#MusicChallenge
9. "No Surprises" (1997)
Another strong contender for my "most beautiful Radiohead melody" non-award. Dark, despondent dissatisfaction all wrapped in a lullaby.
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I'll say yet again: Trump & his party do something virtually every day that constitutes a more violent & alarming suppression of speech than anything that happened during the entire alleged tyranny of woke. Every day. Yet the entire Free Spech army has just vanished into mist.
I wrote on the shameful situation re: the recession of a deanship to Emily Suski at the University of Arkansas Law. What was the reason? Prof. Suski signed an amicus brief supporting trans rights. The Arkansas legislators admitted that was it! Horrible outcome. ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
A Law School Dean Signed a Brief Defending Trans Rights. She Lost Her Job Because of It
The revocation of Emily Suski’s job offer at the University of Arkansas sends a chilling message to law professors everywhere.
ballsandstrikes.org
January 22, 2026 at 6:49 PM
I'll say yet again: Trump & his party do something virtually every day that constitutes a more violent & alarming suppression of speech than anything that happened during the entire alleged tyranny of woke. Every day. Yet the entire Free Spech army has just vanished into mist.
#Top30FirstAlbumFirstTrack
9. "No Mutuals," Fake Fruit
from FAKE FRUIT (2021)
For this #MusicChallenge, I've avoided local bands that even the average Bay Area resident is unaware of, but these next 2 songs are too perfect not to post. And Pitchfork did review the Oakland post-punk band's debut!
9. "No Mutuals," Fake Fruit
from FAKE FRUIT (2021)
For this #MusicChallenge, I've avoided local bands that even the average Bay Area resident is unaware of, but these next 2 songs are too perfect not to post. And Pitchfork did review the Oakland post-punk band's debut!
January 22, 2026 at 7:31 PM
#Top30FirstAlbumFirstTrack
9. "No Mutuals," Fake Fruit
from FAKE FRUIT (2021)
For this #MusicChallenge, I've avoided local bands that even the average Bay Area resident is unaware of, but these next 2 songs are too perfect not to post. And Pitchfork did review the Oakland post-punk band's debut!
9. "No Mutuals," Fake Fruit
from FAKE FRUIT (2021)
For this #MusicChallenge, I've avoided local bands that even the average Bay Area resident is unaware of, but these next 2 songs are too perfect not to post. And Pitchfork did review the Oakland post-punk band's debut!
A vote to fund ICE is a vote for this.
January 22, 2026 at 12:38 AM
A vote to fund ICE is a vote for this.
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It’s perverse beyond description: my own government trying as hard as it can not to protect my city, but to enraged, attack, and destroy it, I campaign of pure malevolent aggression, conducted by US government paramilitaries against its own citizenry.
January 21, 2026 at 11:45 PM
It’s perverse beyond description: my own government trying as hard as it can not to protect my city, but to enraged, attack, and destroy it, I campaign of pure malevolent aggression, conducted by US government paramilitaries against its own citizenry.
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We need ALL HANDS ON DECK right now for Minneapolis. I'm going to start a thread of videos coming out of today. We need to get some media eyes on this globally.🧵🧵🧵
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guys minneapolis is a living hell today. they've tear-gassed so many people, tear-gassed a park, beaten people up in front of me. greg bovino is rolling around to gas stations and posing in front of them, trying to cause a riot.
January 21, 2026 at 10:08 PM
We need ALL HANDS ON DECK right now for Minneapolis. I'm going to start a thread of videos coming out of today. We need to get some media eyes on this globally.🧵🧵🧵
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bsky.app/profile/whst...
Lawless, unconstitutional, un-American
BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
bit.ly
January 21, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Lawless, unconstitutional, un-American
#Top30FirstAlbumFirstTrack
#MusicChallenge
10. "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man," The Bob Seger System
from RAMBLIN' GAMBLIN' MAN (single 1968, album 1969)
Seger had to rename his debut album after the moderate success of the opening track as a single. He wouldn't have another hit on that level for 8 years.
#MusicChallenge
10. "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man," The Bob Seger System
from RAMBLIN' GAMBLIN' MAN (single 1968, album 1969)
Seger had to rename his debut album after the moderate success of the opening track as a single. He wouldn't have another hit on that level for 8 years.
January 21, 2026 at 9:21 PM
#Top30FirstAlbumFirstTrack
#MusicChallenge
10. "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man," The Bob Seger System
from RAMBLIN' GAMBLIN' MAN (single 1968, album 1969)
Seger had to rename his debut album after the moderate success of the opening track as a single. He wouldn't have another hit on that level for 8 years.
#MusicChallenge
10. "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man," The Bob Seger System
from RAMBLIN' GAMBLIN' MAN (single 1968, album 1969)
Seger had to rename his debut album after the moderate success of the opening track as a single. He wouldn't have another hit on that level for 8 years.
#RadioheadTop30
#MusicChallenge
10. "Karma Police" (1997)
Sticking with OK COMPUTER as we head into my Top 10. Teenage me had trouble finding a good Radiohead entry point, but in college with an ethernet connection & Limewire, I downloaded this. Might have been the first time I *really* listened.
#MusicChallenge
10. "Karma Police" (1997)
Sticking with OK COMPUTER as we head into my Top 10. Teenage me had trouble finding a good Radiohead entry point, but in college with an ethernet connection & Limewire, I downloaded this. Might have been the first time I *really* listened.
January 21, 2026 at 9:11 PM
#RadioheadTop30
#MusicChallenge
10. "Karma Police" (1997)
Sticking with OK COMPUTER as we head into my Top 10. Teenage me had trouble finding a good Radiohead entry point, but in college with an ethernet connection & Limewire, I downloaded this. Might have been the first time I *really* listened.
#MusicChallenge
10. "Karma Police" (1997)
Sticking with OK COMPUTER as we head into my Top 10. Teenage me had trouble finding a good Radiohead entry point, but in college with an ethernet connection & Limewire, I downloaded this. Might have been the first time I *really* listened.
#ArtistFave00s - Ben Folds
#MusicChallenge
Day 2 - "Not the Same" (2001)
Really hard to limit myself to just 2 songs from ROCKIN' THE SUBURBS. Released on 9/11. Lyrics are about a guy who became a born-again Christian after getting really high, but it was strangely comforting to me all that week.
#MusicChallenge
Day 2 - "Not the Same" (2001)
Really hard to limit myself to just 2 songs from ROCKIN' THE SUBURBS. Released on 9/11. Lyrics are about a guy who became a born-again Christian after getting really high, but it was strangely comforting to me all that week.
January 21, 2026 at 8:46 PM
#ArtistFave00s - Ben Folds
#MusicChallenge
Day 2 - "Not the Same" (2001)
Really hard to limit myself to just 2 songs from ROCKIN' THE SUBURBS. Released on 9/11. Lyrics are about a guy who became a born-again Christian after getting really high, but it was strangely comforting to me all that week.
#MusicChallenge
Day 2 - "Not the Same" (2001)
Really hard to limit myself to just 2 songs from ROCKIN' THE SUBURBS. Released on 9/11. Lyrics are about a guy who became a born-again Christian after getting really high, but it was strangely comforting to me all that week.
#ArtistFave00s - Ben Folds
#MusicChallenge
Playing catch up, but I'll post 10 songs from 2000-2009. That means solo Ben only, as Ben Folds Five didn't release anything from 1999-2012.
Chronological order
Day 1 - "Zak and Sara" (2001)
FACT: Half the songs on his solo debut have names in titles.
#MusicChallenge
Playing catch up, but I'll post 10 songs from 2000-2009. That means solo Ben only, as Ben Folds Five didn't release anything from 1999-2012.
Chronological order
Day 1 - "Zak and Sara" (2001)
FACT: Half the songs on his solo debut have names in titles.
January 21, 2026 at 8:39 PM
#ArtistFave00s - Ben Folds
#MusicChallenge
Playing catch up, but I'll post 10 songs from 2000-2009. That means solo Ben only, as Ben Folds Five didn't release anything from 1999-2012.
Chronological order
Day 1 - "Zak and Sara" (2001)
FACT: Half the songs on his solo debut have names in titles.
#MusicChallenge
Playing catch up, but I'll post 10 songs from 2000-2009. That means solo Ben only, as Ben Folds Five didn't release anything from 1999-2012.
Chronological order
Day 1 - "Zak and Sara" (2001)
FACT: Half the songs on his solo debut have names in titles.
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I find it very sadly funny that an article about "Princeton Council recommits to Climate Action Plan" shares the front page with an article about how New Jersey has enacted the most stringent regulations on e-bikes in the country.
January 21, 2026 at 3:15 PM
I find it very sadly funny that an article about "Princeton Council recommits to Climate Action Plan" shares the front page with an article about how New Jersey has enacted the most stringent regulations on e-bikes in the country.
Meanwhile, at the Board of Peace…
January 21, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Meanwhile, at the Board of Peace…
"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace"
January 21, 2026 at 12:29 AM
"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace"
Hey Canada, how does one get one of these “intelligent leaders who rise to the occasion with well-articulated beliefs and clear-eyed resolve”? Do you have any extras we could borrow?
This is the best speech, just from a pure rhetoric perspective - its sophistication and persuasiveness - that I've seen a politician deliver in a good long while. Really recommend watching or reading the whole thing.
January 21, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Hey Canada, how does one get one of these “intelligent leaders who rise to the occasion with well-articulated beliefs and clear-eyed resolve”? Do you have any extras we could borrow?
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...